{"id":1204973,"date":"2022-01-10T13:49:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204973"},"modified":"2022-01-10T13:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:49:49","slug":"pope-francis-denounces-modern-groupthink-cancel-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-denounces-modern-groupthink-cancel-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Denounces Modern Groupthink, \u2018Cancel Culture\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-francis-denounces-modern-groupthink-cancel-culture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204973&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 Pope Francis decried the pervasive spread of groupthink and cancel culture Monday, urging a return to freedom of speech, ideological diversity, and respect for history.<\/p>\n<p>Agendas are \u201cincreasingly dictated by a mindset that rejects the natural foundations of humanity and the cultural roots that constitute the identity of many peoples,\u201d the pope told members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI consider this a form of ideological colonization, one that leaves no room for freedom of expression and is now taking the form of the \u2018cancel culture\u2019 invading many circles and public institutions,\u201d the pontiff lamented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the guise of defending diversity, it ends up cancelling all sense of identity, with the risk of silencing positions that defend a respectful and balanced understanding of various sensibilities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Before the Woke Cancel Culture mob took over the Left, freedom of speech used to be something all Americans agreed upon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/arsQhJn95g\">https:\/\/t.co\/arsQhJn95g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1350601027066728450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The pope went on to criticize the imposition of progressive groupthink that deconstructs history and attempts to rewrite it according to a modern mindset. Although he did not explicitly mention the 1619 project underway in the United States, it is difficult not to draw the connection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA kind of dangerous \u2018one-track thinking\u2019 [<em>pens\u00e9e unique<\/em>] is taking shape, one constrained to deny history or, worse yet, to rewrite it in terms of present-day categories,\u201d he said, \u201cwhereas any historical situation must be interpreted in the light of a hermeneutics of that particular time, not that of today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his critique of \u201ccancel culture,\u201d Francis built upon the words of Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who last month denounced efforts by the European Union to \u201ccancel\u201d Christmas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10823696\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Antifa-Protest-D.C..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10823696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Antifa-Protest-D.C..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protesters of the \u201cleft-wing\u201d side yell at a Trump supporter during a \u201cDemand Free Speech\u201d rally on Freedom Plaza on July 6, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Stephanie Keith\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In early December, Parolin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2021\/12\/02\/vatican-secretary-of-state-denounces-e-u-attempt-to-cancel-christmas\/\">decried<\/a> the \u201ccancellation\u201d of the roots of Europe, \u201cespecially as regards Christian holidays and the Christian dimension of our Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banning \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d or references to Christmas holidays is wrongheaded, the cardinal said, because it fails to respect culture and the legitimate differences between people in an attempt to \u201chomogenize\u201d everything.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEurope owes its existence and identity to many contributions, but it certainly cannot be forgotten that one of the main contributions, if not the main one, was Christianity itself,\u201d Parolin said. \u201cTherefore, destroying the difference and destroying the roots means destroying the person.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another Cancel Culture victory for the defund the Right movement! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W97TOA4z3X\">https:\/\/t.co\/W97TOA4z3X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1349556902871654401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his address Monday, Pope Francis said that multilateral diplomacy is called \u201cto be truly inclusive, not canceling but cherishing the differences and sensibilities that have historically marked various peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this way, it will regain credibility and effectiveness in facing the challenges to come, which will require humanity to join together as one great family that, starting from different viewpoints, should prove capable of finding common solutions for the good of all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The pope also made reference to the existence of \u201ccertain enduring values\u201d that \u201crise above consensus\u201d and which are at the root of \u201ca robust and solid social ethics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere I wish to mention in particular the right to life, from conception to its natural end, and the right to religious freedom,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 Pope Francis decried the pervasive spread of groupthink and cancel culture Monday, urging a return to freedom of speech, ideological diversity, and respect for history. 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